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Torchy and Vee

Sewell Ford

Torchy and Vee

Paper book: €24.99

Digital: €5.99

Original publication
1919
Monolingual
12 June 2026
Pages
510
Difficulty
Easy
Genres
Romance
Moods
Have a laugh, Fall in love, Get ahead in life
Translated from
English

Book summary

Once a red-haired office boy, Torchy has become private secretary to the president of a big New York company. Married to Vee and a young father, he lives in the suburbs at the end of the First World War. At the office as at home, he meddles in the affairs of his colleagues, his neighbours and his friends, especially when love is involved.

Seventeen linked comic stories, told by Torchy himself, with his New York straight talk and plenty of humour.

Short and lively, they are easy to read in the language you are learning.

The plot

ニューヨークの青年がユーモアたっぷりに語る毎日。赤毛の青年トーチーは、ニューヨークの大企業の社長秘書。妻はヴィー。

The world of the book

第一次世界大戦末期のニューヨーク。舞台は1918年から1919年。多くのアメリカの若者がフランスへ戦いに行った。ニューヨークの会社員は毎晩、列車で近郊の小さな町の家へ帰る。料理人たちは給料のいい工場へ移り、家庭では野菜を自分で育てる。

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